Jonathan Harris (barrister)

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Jonathan Harris, QC (Hon.) is a British barrister and [1] legal scholar. [2] [3] He works as a barrister at Serle Court Chambers. [4] He specialises in cross-border, commercial and chancery matters (including jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments and choice of law). He has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council in a number of cases. [5] He has also drafted legislation for a number of jurisdictions. [5]

He is the joint general editor of the private international law textbook, Dicey, Morris and Collins,. [6] [7] He is also the author of The Hague Trusts Convention [8] and co-author of International Sale of Goods in the Conflict of Laws. [9] He is also a co-editor of the Journal of Private International Law [10] and Oxford Private International Law Series. [11]

Harris is professor of International Commercial Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London. [2] [12] He is a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford [11] and at the Commercial Law Centre, University of Oxford. [13] Jonathan Harris was educated at Jesus College, Oxford. [14]

He has been a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore. [15]

Jonathan Harris is a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Private International Law. [11]

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